Nature, published anonymously in 1836, is the essay in which Ralph Waldo Emerson first laid out the foundations of transcendentalism, a philosophy that treats nature with a non-traditional reverence and holds that the divine suffuses the natural world, so that reality can be understood by studying it directly.
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In the essay Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Transcendentalism suggests that the divine, or God, suffuses nature, and suggests that reality can be understood by studying nature.
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Nature is a book-length essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published by James Munroe and Company in 1836.
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In the essay Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature.
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